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Table 2 Sample characteristics (n = 2,857)

From: How has child growth around adiposity rebound altered in Scotland since 1990 and what are the risk factors for weight gain using the Growing Up in Scotland birth cohort 1?

  

Mean

Standard deviation

Median

Interquartile range

Age (months)

Sweep 4

46.16

0.46

46.00

46.00 to 46.00

 

Sweep 6

70.21

0.46

70.00

70.00 to 70.00

 

Sweep 7

94.39

0.73

94.00

94.00 to 95.00

BMI percentile

Sweep 4

63.64

26.49

68.39

43.28 to 86.65

 

Sweep 6

60.00

27.24

63.16

39.50 to 83.57

 

Sweep 7

59.74

28.22

63.16

36.72 to 84.84

Weight category

 

Underweight

Healthy weight

Overweight

Obese

 

Sweep 4

14 (0.49 %)

2,066 (72.31 %)

469 (16.42 %)

308 (10.78 %)

 

Sweep 6

25 (0.88 %)

2,172 (76.02 %)

381 (13.34 %)

279 (9.77 %)

 

Sweep 7

19 (0.67 %)

2,130 (74.55 %)

352 (12.32 %)

356 (12.46 %)

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